Echi della battaglia della Piana dei Merli (1389) nella storiografia e nella cultura italiana
Echoes of the battle of Kosovo polje (1389) in Italian historiography and culture
Author(s): Francesco Saverio PerilloSubject(s): History, Studies of Literature, Military history, Culture and social structure , 13th to 14th Centuries, Italian literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Balkan Peninsula; battle of Kosovo Polje; Lazar Hrebeljanović; Kosovo Myth; Serbian popular epic; Italian historiography
Summary/Abstract: On June 15, 1389 Serbian troops and their allies were defeated by the Turks on the Kosovo field. Many valiant Christian fighters and the Serbian prince Lazar Hrebljanović, who was sanctified by the Orthodox Church, fell in the battle. The disaster of the Christian army paved the way for the Ottoman invasion of the Balkan Peninsula, but the defeat assumed the value of a myth for the Serbian people, which accompanied their existence over the centuries as a model of sacrifice and love of the country.
Journal: Fabrica Litterarum Polono-Italica
- Issue Year: 3/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 117-150
- Page Count: 34
- Language: Italian